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Fiordland Advocate
Fiordland Advocate
29 March, 2012 | Page 11
Page 10 | 29 March, 2012
Hokonui Suzuki
72 Mersey Street Gore
Grant & Pam Copland
Ph 03-2085271
Fax 03-2085271
Don’t get caught short
See Ken and the team at Gore Motorcycles for a
quality range of ATV safety gear to keep you safe
on your Yammy this Winter
GORE MOTOR CYCLES 2010 LTD
21 Hokonui Drive, Gore,
Phone Ken Walker (03) 208 7596 - 027 2083064
goreyamaha@xtra.co.nz
1 Huron Street, Gore I P: (03) 208 8114 I A/H: 027 820 5740
E: temotorcycles@xtra.co.nz
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am to 6pm | Sat 8am to 1pm
KAF400XC (Big foot) Mule
Great way around the farm or lifestyle block
without the need for a trailer.
Rugged, Reliable, Tough
$15,575
incl gst plus a two year warranty.
Buy Safe, Buy Quality, Buy from the people you can trust
Ride Safe, Ride Red
For a quality range of ATVs and safety gear see the team at Ewan Allan Honda Gore.
All new ATVs purchased come with a free safety helmet.
On-farm servicing to Otago & Southland.
Phone Now! (03) 208 0174
A/H Andrew (03) 202 5685
Geoff (03) 205 3744
25 Ordsal Street, Gore
Email: sales@ewanallan.co.nz | www.ewanallan.co.nz
ROLL BARS ARE BACK
Some years ago, Quad Bike manufacturers were unhappy about roll bars being fitted to their bikes. Fitting them
insinuated that their quads were unsafe without them. So they produced a computer generated video featuring a
dummy riding a quad with a roll bar. Being a dummy, it couldn’t hold on, lean, stand or think. Consequently, the
dummy was tossed around like a rag doll, hitting everything. From this flawed test, it was reasoned that roll bars
were dangerous and should be taken off! Go figure! They didn’t mention bull bars, brush bars, handle bars or
the bikes bulk. Amazingly, nobody questioned them.
Meanwhile in Australia, a clever little Aussie engineer was taking a fresh look at the problem of being
crushed under a quad. Many models later and exhaustive safety tests by the Queensland University and
the Quadbar was born. It was small, light, fitted all quads and even in a backflip tended to land on its side.
Better still, ACC and OSH were in the loop.
Since 2011, over 150 farms in NZ have begun using Quadbars and manufacturing is now done
in Orewa. The best part is that lives have been saved in that time and I feel pretty good
about that. I recently learnt that when you are crushed for some time, toxins build up in
your blood and can cause a heart attack and possible death.
Keeping that bike off you seems a good idea.
For a Quadbar, call me, Stuart Davidson, owner of Quadbar NZ,
on 021 182 8115 or email sales@quadbar.co.nz.
For more information go to www.quadbar.co.nz
$595
+ GST
DELIVERED
1 Huron Street, Gore I P: (03) 208 8114 I A/H: 027 820 5740
E: temotorcycles@xtra.co.nz
Hours: Mon-Fri 8am to 6pm | Sat 8am to 1pm
KVF300 Brute Force
Liquid cooled automatic, high - low ratio disc brakes
Rugged, Reliable, Tough
$7,399
incl gst plus a two year warranty.
Buy Safe, Buy Quality, Buy from the people you can trust
ATV Skills and Safety
Learn how to safely ride an ATV over different
terrain through pre-planned courses, while also
learning the proper techniques for safety checks.
FOR INFORMATION OR COURSE REGISTRATION CONTACT....
Freephone: 0508 247 428 press #1
Website: www.agribusiness.ac.nz
Email:
abtinvercargill@agribusiness.ac.nz
gpp q
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Invercargill
24th April or 5th June
RRP $ 129.95
See us for all your farm safety requirements!
Quad Safe helmets from
Other makes &
models available.
The Quad Bike Farm Licence is gained through a practical
on job training package that covers safe quad bike riding
practices as well as teaching participants to effectively
identify, minimise and isolate potential bike riding hazards
and make safe riding decisions.
Participants also gain an understanding of industry
guidelines and their responsibilities, demonstrate they have
taken all practicable steps to minimise risk of quad bike
injuries, set clear expectations about what is required for safe
riding on their property and have a clear method of verifying
employees’ training and assessment.
AgITO chief executive Kevin Bryant said quad bikes were a
major source of injury and death on farms, often because of
lack of experience and training.
“By gaining the Quad Bike Farm Licence farm owners,
managers and their staff will be able to prove safe riding
competence as well as demonstrate an understanding of the
Department of Labour guidelines for the safe use of quad
bikes,” he said.
Did you know?
work-related farm deaths.
use on farms and in forests throughout New Zealand.
Higher ACC levies, increased insurance premiums,
compromised timelines and increased staffing expenses
could all result from quad bike accidents, affecting farmers’
bottom line.
The Licence uses NZQA approved unit standards and the
training and assessment process is flexible to suit participants’
riding experience. With Agribusiness Training, unit standards
successfully completed from the safety programmes provide
credit towards the Agribusiness Training Certificate in Land
Based Skills and the National Certificate in Agriculture.
Withthenewsthatrandomspotchecksare
going to be made on Southland farms in
regards to farm-bike safety, perhaps you
should consider these facts.
In an effort to reduce accidents and
change attitudes through training on safe quad bike
riding practices, several flexible training courses are readily
available.
If you’re planning to drive your
quad bike on the road
consider these points:
REGISTRATION:
All vehicles, including ATVs, must be licensed while in use on
roads. However, unlike most vehicles, ATVs aren't required to
be licensed continuously. Their vehicle licences date from the
day the fee is paid, not the date due.
If you don't pay your ATV's licence fee for two years, its
registration will be cancelled. If there's any chance you'll
want to use the ATV on the road again, you’d be well advised
to seek exemption from licensing before this happens as
getting a vehicle registered again after registration has been
cancelled is expensive.
LICENCE:
The miminum class of driver’s licence you must have to ride
an ATV on the road is a class 1 (car) or class 6 (motorcycle)
learner licence.
HELMET:
You must wear an approved helmet however the rule
provides an exception for farmers if they're travelling slower
adjoining farm.
HANDLING:
Remember that ATVs behave very differently on sealed roads
from other vehicles. The all terrain vehicle (ATV) name is
misleading – they're off-road vehicles, and aren't designed
to be ridden on hard surfaces. Most ATVs have wide, low-
pressure tyres – ideal for minimising damage to crops, but
not good for road handling. It is strongly recommended that
PASSENGERS:
ATVs are equipped with large seats to allow the rider to
shift weight to control the vehicle – not to carry other
people. Passengers restrict the rider's mobility and add
weight to an ATV, making it harder to control and more
prone to tipping over. Passengers should only be carried
on quad bikes that have been specifically designed for this
purpose. These bikes come fitted with a special passenger
seat.
TOWING:
You need to take special care when towing
trailers and other equipment with
ATVs. Refer to the owner's
manual to find the safe ratio
between the maximum
weight of a load and
the unladen weight of
the ATV. You must not
tow an ATV unless it is
mechanically disabled
(unable to be ridden).
Five die.
Every year 850 people are injured on farms riding quad bikes.
On average, 35 farmers come off their quad bikes every day.
Safety